STYLES ACROSS CULTURES - STUDENT GROUP

2009-05-31T14:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.dialog2008.ro/

http://www.dialogue2008.eu/

Under the auspices of EYID 2008 & AEIC 2009

Do you want to discover
an amazing diversity of styles in intercultural encounters?

If you wonder how others always manage to “do things with style”, why don’t you join us and you will be surprised to see how fascinating it is to develop your own style.

Come and play any role that suits you best: cultural historian, linguist, stylistician, artist, writer, stylist, master chef etc.

On one condition: that you do it yourself/ves in style and with style.

GENERAL INFORMATION

● Student research group coordinated by PhD. Lecturers Camelia Cmeciu & Nadia Morarasu

● Membership – any English, French, or Romanian speaking student interested in communicating interculturally “about, in and with style”.

● The Styles across Cultures Student Group events in 2008 and the photo gallery are available at:

http://europedirect.ub.ro/

● Possible topics for the meetings in 2009

MARCH – COMMUNICATION CRISES

APRIL – CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

MAY – (RE)BRANDING EUROPEAN POLITICIANS

JUNE – (RE)BRANDING COUNTRIES

OCTOMBER – (RE)BRANDING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

NOVEMBER - (RE)BRANDING NATIONAL POLITICIANS

DECEMBER – (RE)BRANDING TRADITIONS

APRIL, 2009 - Corporate Social Responsibility

2009-04-26T02:04:00.000-07:00

“Colorează un zâmbet” alaturi de Praktiker România - Gabriela Rusan & Ionela Faraoneanu (Comunicare & PR, anul III)

Campania “Fiecare copil în şcoală” - Oana Cincă (Asociaţia Ovidiu Rom)

Reintegrarea infractorilor în comunitate - Bianca Bejan (Serviciul de Probaţiune – Tribunalul Bacău)

Proiectul “Start reciclării” - Florin Suciu (Asociaţia “Iubim natura”)

Prezentare materiale CSR (Oficiul de publicaţii UE) - Mădălina Manolache (Europe Direct Bacău)

MARCH, 2009 - Communication crises

2009-03-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

Communication crisis - a crisis of identity. Christmas postcards – to be or not to be - Ana-Maria Bostan – MA student, supervisor Camelia Cmeciu

Rumours – weapons of negative communication
Gabriela Rusan & Ionela Faraoneanu - Communication & PR, 3rd year, supervisor Camelia Cmeciu

Students and professors – an ongoing conflict or cooperation?
Alina Tancău, Sorina Popa, Monica Jicmon - Communication & PR, 1st year, supervisor Monica Patrut

Communication crises in couples –
Larisa Costea, Adina Păduraru, Diana Simion - Communication & PR, 1st year, supervisor Monica Patrut

DECEMBER, 17 - STYLES IN PERFORMING ARTS

2008-12-16T03:47:00.000-08:00

•Perceiving the Romanian Moldavian Space through Theatre - Natasha Gaidau
& Dorin Elisei (Communication & PR, 1st year), supervisor: Ioana Boghian

• Quentin Tarantino - Mihai Hildea, Alexandra Laiu & Elena Popa (R-E 1st year), supervisor: Ioana Boghian

• The Book behind the Movie - Alina Tancau & Sorina Popa (Communication & PR, 1st year), supervisor: Ioana Boghian

• The Little Black Dress Performance - Gianina Halau & Iulia Juncu (Communication & PR, 2nd year), supervisor: Florinela Floria

NOVEMBER, 24 - STYLES IN VISUAL ARTS

2008-11-22T03:43:00.000-08:00

•Visual Symbols in Queen Elizabeth I’s Portraits -Elena Popa & Alexandra Laiu (R-E, 1st year) & Alexandra Sion (E-R, 1st year) -Supervisor: Mihaela Culea

•Emblems of the English Football Clubs – History & Symbolism - Claudiu Olaeru, Ioan-Vlad Langa & Adrian Bejan (E-R, 1st year) -Supervisor: Mihaela Culea

•Beyond the Art of Photography - Alina Tancau (Communication & PR, 1st year), supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

OCTOBER, 27 - UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSE STYLES OF CULTURE

2008-10-20T03:31:00.000-07:00

• Postcards – a cultural means of promoting a city – Ana-Maria Bostan (MA, 1st year, Faculty of Letters), supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

• Promoting culture - between political propaganda and advertising – Aurelia Buftea, Oana Dobraniş, Isabella Damaşcan, Andreea Ţâţu (3rd year – Communication & PR), supervisors: Florinela Floria & Monica Pătruţ

JUNE, 18 - BEHAVIOURAL STYLES, NAMING STYLES, STYLES OF ADDRESS IN INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

2008-06-15T09:44:00.000-07:00

Name and Surname in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” – Andra Ionescu
(4th year, English-French), supervisor – Andreia Suciu

Beyond Names in “Ulysses” – from Etymology to Symbolism – Ramona Puşcălău
(4th year, English-Romanian), supervisor – Andreia Suciu

Identity and Difference in David Lodge’s novel “Small World” – Ramona Voineag
(4th year, English-Romanian), supervisor – Andreia Suciu

Behavioural Styles Reflected through Comparison Patterns – Andreea Spulber
(3rd year, Romanian-English), supervisor – Nadia Morăraşu

The Behaviour of Animals in Postmodern Fairy-Tales – Carmen Creţu
(4th year, English-Romanian), supervisor – Camelia Cmeciu

MAY, 28 - STYLES IN POLITICS

2008-05-23T03:21:00.000-07:00

STYLES IN POLITICS

Romania and Britain within the same “square” - Brown vs. Băsescu and their inaugural address – Ana-Maria Bostan (4th year, English-French), supervisor – Camelia Cmeciu

Marketing political candidates: Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama - Alexandra Artene & Petrică Mancaş (1st year, Marketing), supervisor – Mariana-Alexandra Dinulescu

Cultural differences and similarities – Political symbols in Europe - Angelica Negoiţă (2nd year, Communication & Public Relations), supervisor – Mirela Arsith

The internet - the new technology in re-styling Romanian politicians - Isabella Damaşcan & Andreea Ţâţu (2nd year, Communication & Public Relations), supervisor – Monica Pătruţ

The political showbiz in Romania - Aurelia Buftea, Oana Dobraniş & Andreea Ţâţu (2nd year, Communication & Public Relations), supervisor – Monica Pătruţ

APRIL, 16 - STYLES OF RERESENTING IDENTITY - EUROPEAN IDENTITY - EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP

2008-04-13T10:19:00.000-07:00

We invite you to decipher the following titles:

• The Quest for Narrative Identity – a Functional Approach – Ionela Mangu - 4th year, English-Romanian, supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

• Identité nationale – identité européenne – Irina Mălinescu & Daniela Asandei – 4th year, History-French, supervisor: Monica Pătruţ, Florinela Floria

• Le paysan roumain – citoyen européen – Minodora Chelaru - 4th year, History-French, supervisor: Monica Pătruţ, Florinela Floria

• Les jeunes face à integration européenne de la Roumanie – Angelica Păuc - 4th year, History-French, supervisor: Monica Pătruţ, Florinela Floria

• Personal Style(s) in Approaching the Concept of European Identity – English-French students,1st and 3rd year, supervisor: Nadia Morăraşu

• Essayistic Approaches to European Identity and Citizenship – English-French students, 4th year, supervisor: Nadia Morăraşu

• Symbolen van Nederland – Lavinia Sandu & Florentina Ciochină – 2nd year, English-French, supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

STYLES ACROSS CULTURES IN 2008 - POSSIBLE TOPICS

2008-03-20T06:07:00.000-07:00

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR 2008

1. "Eating Styles" in Advertising, Culinary Art and Literature

2. Europe identity - European citizenship

3. Styles in Politics. Leadership Styles

4. Behavioural Styles, Naming Styles and Styles of Address in Intercultural Encounters

5. Writing Styles

6. Styles in Visual Arts

7. Styles in Performing Arts

If you are interested in one of the above topics or you want to propose another topic, you are kindly asked to contact PhD Lecturer Nadia Morăraşu or PhD Lecturer Camelia Cmeciu at comunicarebacau@gmail.com or at n.morarasu@yahoo.com

MARCH, 21 - FOOD METAPHORS IN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE ...

2008-03-19T06:09:00.000-07:00

Autumn - Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593)

FOOD METAPHORS

IN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, ADVERTISING,

AND CULINARY ART

We welcome you at 7th meeting of
the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES
student group
on Friday, March 21st, at 10.30 a.m.
at the Europe Direct centre in Bacău.

We invite you to decipher
the following titles:

Food-Based Conceptual Metaphors in English - Andreea Spulber (3rd year, Romanian - English), supervisor: Nadia Morăraşu

Food Idioms and Metaphors in English and Romanian - Cristian Bârgăoanu & Carmen Ilie (1st year, English - Romanian), supervisor: Nadia Morăraşu

A Culinary Fashion – Italian Food Collection - Oana Dobraniş (2nd year, Communication & Public Relations), supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

Nothing Cooks/ Eats/ Sells Food Better than a Woman - Oana Dobraniş & Aurelia Buftea (2nd year, Communication & Public Relations), supervisor: Petronela Savin

MARCH, 14 - EATING AND DRINKING STYLES - AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

2008-03-14T06:08:00.000-07:00

The Fruit Basket - Frans Snyders (1579-1657)

EATING AND DRINKING STYLES

- AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

We welcome you at the 6th meeting of
the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES student group
on Friday, March 14th, at 10.30 a.m.
at the EUROPE DIRECT centre in Bacău.

We invite you to relish
the following titles:

• A Symbolic Approach to Food and Ceremonial Rituals in The Rainbow - Anca Muraru - 4th year, supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

• Ceremonial Tea Drinking Styles – Svetlana Ghencea – 1st year, supervisor: Nadia Moraraşu

• A Representation of Taste in the Victorian Novel - Emilia Nicoleta Nasiescu - 4th year, supervisor: Camelia Cmeciu

• Festin românesc în stil ciocoiesc în romanul “Ciocoii vechi şi noi”, de Nicolae Filimon - Silvia Tănasă, Silviu Prisecaru – 2nd year, supervisor: Luminiţa Drugă

• The Impact of Food Imagery in Romanian Advertising – Dana Miron, Maria Petria, Cristina Alina Ursu - 1st year Communication and PR, supervisor: Mihaela Culea

December, 11 - FASHION AND DRESS STYLES IN LITERATURE AND SOCIOLOGY

2007-12-11T13:59:00.000-08:00

FASHION AND DRESS STYLES IN LITERATURE AND SOCIOLOGY

We welcome you at the 5thmeeting of
the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES student group
on Tuesday, December 11th, at 16 a.m. in SALA DE CONSILIU.

Organizers:
Cătălina Ciuhat & Gianina Mihăică (English-French, 3rd year) - The Anthropology of Colour: Wearing Black as a Social Practice

Gabriela Mălinescu & Gabriela Palade (English-French, 3rd year) - Victorian Fashion and Portrayal of Male and Female Characters in “Jane Eyre” and “Vanity Fair”

Alina Arteni & Loredana Tărcuţă (English-French, 3rd year) - Mastering the Art of Disguise in Fairy Tales

Cristian Bârgăoanu & Carmen Ilie (English-Romanian, 1st year) - Costumes as Markers of Popular Superheroes’ Secret Identities

Iulia Balint, Aurelia Buftea, Ioana Olteanu, Andreea Ţâţu - (Communication and Public Relations, 2nd year) - Dress Code (Virtual ICC Project)

June, 26 - (UN)DRESSING CULTURAL BODIES

2007-06-26T13:48:00.000-07:00

Styles of Representing Fashion
(theoretical perspectives & applied fashion studies)

We welcome you at 4thmeeting of
the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES student group
on Wednesday, June 26th, at 10 a.m. in Sala de consiliu.

Organisers:
Nicoleta Năsîescu (English-Romanian, 3rd year) - Understanding the Structural Perspective on Clothes

Corina Năsîescu (English-Romanian, 3rd year) - Understanding Barthes's System of Fashion

Noemi Neconeşnic (English-French, 1st year) - Beyond Coco-Channel

Raluca Puşcalău (English-Romanian, 3rd year) - Undressing one's visual identity - Jean-Marie Floch's perspective

MAY, 16 - CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE

2007-05-16T07:37:00.000-07:00

CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE

Styles of Representing Violence in Literature
Religious Violence under the Form of Religious Wars
Forms of Violence in the Modern Media

We welcome you at 3rd meeting of
the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES student group
on Wednesday, May 16th, at 3 p.m. in Sala de consiliu.

Styles of Representing Violence in Literature (ENGLISH-ROMANIAN, 2nd year)

Magda Neaga – Exploring the Effects of Psychological Violence in Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield

Emilia Cucu – Violence and Disease in E.A.Poe’s The Black Cat

Mihaela Desaga – Violence against Children in Oliver Twist

Laura Andrei Magirescu – Male Interpersonal Violence and Subversion of Authority in G. Eliot’s The Mill On The Floss

Nelu Pagu – Youth Violence and Savagery in William Golding’s Lord of The Flies

Madalina Burca – Political Violence and Mob Psychology in Eliot’s Felix Holt, The Radical

Religious Violence under the Form of Religious Wars (ENGLISH-FRENCH, 3rd year)

Nicoleta Apostu – The Crusades
Anca Nita – The Inquisition
Partenie Zaharia Anca – The Jihad
Roxana Ciubotaru – Violence in the African Rituals
Teodora Alupei – Self-Flagellation as a Religious Practice

Forms of Violence in the Modern Media (ENGLISH-FRENCH, 3rd year)

Andra Ionescu – Manipulation as Violence in the Written Media

APRIL, 18 - STYLES OF REPRESENTING SOCIAL VIOLENCE

2007-04-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

TAKE A LOOK BEYOND APPEARANCES.

IS YOUR LIFE PRICELESS?

We invite you at the 2nd meeting of the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES STUDENT GROUP in C2, at 6.00 p.m.

ORGANISERS:

THE STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNICATION AND PR DEPARTMENT(Arina Avăcăriţei, Alexandra Bărîlă, Nicoleta Butuc, Ioana Cristea, Andreea Grigore, Anca Huian,
Adela Lungu, Mădălina Roman)

Ramona Chiriac (THE CITY HALL OF BACAU)

MARCH, 31 - LOVE STYLES ACROSS DISCOURSES AND CULTURES

2007-03-31T22:54:00.000-07:00

LOVE STYLES ACROSS DISCOURSES AND CULTURES

We welcome you at the first meeting of

the STYLES ACROSS CULTURES STUDENT GROUP

on Saturday, March 31st, at 10 a.m. in C2.

I. LOVE STYLES: eros love, ludus, storge, pragma, mania, agape

II. CROSS-CULTURAL LOVE ATTITUDES

III. LOVE ACROSS DISCOURSES

IV. THE TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE

V. FAMOUS LOVE QUOTES

VI. LOVE IN LITERARY DISCOURSES

VII.THE ANATOMY OF LOVE

VIII. THE HEART, THE TASTE OF LOVE

IX. LOVE THEMES IN ART

X. LOVE ACROSS AGES

Nadia Morăraşu & Camelia Cmeciu